Mrs Birling

Mrs Birling

Upper Class
1. "Now Sheila don’t tease him. When you're married you'll realise that men with important work to do sometimes have to spend nearly all their time and energy on their business"
2. "You have no power to make me change my mind"
selfish
1. "I’m talking to the inspector now if you don’t mind"
2. "It would be much better if Sheila didn’t listen to this story at all"
lack of responsibility
1. "Oh, stop it, both of you. And please remember before you start accusing me of anything again that it wasn't I who had her turned out of her employment – which probably began it all"
2. "I'll tell you what I told her. Go and look for the father of the child. It’s his responsibility"
snobbish
1. "Yes I think it was simply a piece of gross impertinence."
2. "As if a girl of that sort would refuse money"
naive
1. "I don’t believe it. I won’t believe it"
2. "No – Eric – please – I didn’t know – I didn’t understand"
contolling
1. "Arthur you’re not supposed to say such things"
2. "Now Arthur, I don’t think you ought to talk business on an occasion like this"

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